Just one can of Coke a day ‘reduces your chance of becoming pregnant by 20 per cent’

Experts have warned couples who are trying for a baby to cut back on their intake of fizzy drinks

By Andrea Downey, Digital Health Reporter

19th February 2018, 4:59 pm

Updated: 19th February 2018, 11:41 pm

DRINKING just one sugar-laden drink a day reduces your chance of becoming pregnant by 20 per cent, new research suggests.

Cans of pop have already been linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, early menstruation and poor semen quality but now new evidence suggests it also affects both men and women's probability of conception.

Women who drank more than one fizzy drink a day were 25 per cent less likely to become pregnant

Both the male and female consumption of sugary drinks was associated with an average 20 per cent reduced fecundability - the average monthly probability of becoming pregnant.

Women who drank more than one fizzy drink a day were 25 per cent less likely to become pregnant and men were 33 per cent less likely to be able to get their partner pregnant.

Those who regularly drank energy drinks were even less likely to become pregnant.

The researchers found little association between fruit juice and diet soft drinks.

Lead author Elizabeth Hatch, a professor of epidemiology at the university, said: "We found positive associations between intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and lower fertility, which were consistent after controlling for many other factors, including obesity, caffeine intake, alcohol, smoking, and overall diet quality.

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